After reading the suggested interviews, I learned a great amount of knowledge from the interviewees. For example, a Mill Worker named, Alice Caudle, has been working on a mill since she was ten years old! She represents the time period and area of the country which I am studying, because back then, there weren't many successful jobs, especially for women. In Alice's interview, she states, " I'd a-heap rather do it than housework...Yessir," which tells me two things, one, that most women stayed home and did housework for a living, and two, if they did have an actual job, it was not important at all. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/alice.html). Another woman named Anna Novak had a working job as a Packing House Worker. In her interview she tells how she had to buy the foremen presents for the holidays. She also states that,"You could get along swell if you let the boss slap you on the behind...I'd rather work any place but in the stockyards just for that reason alone." This relates to what I am studying right now because women were not treated with as much respect as they are now. For example, if a man did that to a woman during this time period, there would be a great consequence. However, women were not treated as equal human beings to the men, so there wasn't much Anna could have done about the situation. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/anna.html) In another interview from a woman named Bernice, who was a Rent Party Hostess, she says how when she first moved to New York, she thought Rent Parties were a disgrace. However, once her husband left her, and she had to pay rent all by herself, she started hosting rent parties. This fits in to what I've been studying, because there were not many opportunities back then, to earn enough money to live off of. Desperate times, called for desperate measures in her case because even though she thought the rent parties were a disgrace, she had to put her opinion aside, and do what was best for her, economically. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/bernice.html) Mrs. Mayme Reese, is a housewife. She was one of the many women who were housewife's because women we'rent really expected to work. They were expected to clean the house, take care of the children, and prepare food for the family. In her spare time, she attended quilting parties, at least twice a year. Mrs. Mayme Reese represents the time and part of the country I am studying, because like most women during this time period, she was a housewife. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/mayme.html) The last interviewee, named Mrs. Marie Haggerty, who was a maid, told her story. She says that you were hired as a maid by your looks, and if you looked honest they would still test you out. This relates to what I'm studying, because she states how one time when she was making a bed, she spotted a five dollar bill right beside the bed. She didn't know what to do with it, and her face started burning like fire, because she knew she was getting tested. This confirms that not everyone was to be trusted back then, because not everyone is trustworthy, so they had to be tested. Not everyone was fond of each other. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/marie.html)
Part 3B -
I read two oral histories on Sallie Smith Bell, and Jesse Owens. Sallie Smith Bell was a fashion model for Marshall Fields, as well as a radio star in the 1930's. She was 93 years old when she died, in the year 2007. There was no specific place of the interview, due to the fact, that she is dead. On May 15th, 2007 is when the interview was posted on The Chicago Tribune. Also, Patricia Trebe wrote the tribute article on Sallie Smith Bell. An African-American male named Jesse Owens, was another person I read about. He is an olympic winner, because of his outstanding capability of running. The interview with Jesse took place in Macon County, Alabama. The interview occured on April 22nd, 1939. Rhussus L. Perry interviewed Jesse Owens.
After reading the suggested interviews, I learned a great amount of knowledge from the interviewees. For example, a Mill Worker named, Alice Caudle, has been working on a mill since she was ten years old! She represents the time period and area of the country which I am studying, because back then, there weren't many successful jobs, especially for women. In Alice's interview, she states, " I'd a-heap rather do it than housework...Yessir," which tells me two things, one, that most women stayed home and did housework for a living, and two, if they did have an actual job, it was not important at all. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/alice.html). Another woman named Anna Novak had a working job as a Packing House Worker. In her interview she tells how she had to buy the foremen presents for the holidays. She also states that,"You could get along swell if you let the boss slap you on the behind...I'd rather work any place but in the stockyards just for that reason alone." This relates to what I am studying right now because women were not treated with as much respect as they are now. For example, if a man did that to a woman during this time period, there would be a great consequence. However, women were not treated as equal human beings to the men, so there wasn't much Anna could have done about the situation. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/anna.html) In another interview from a woman named Bernice, who was a Rent Party Hostess, she says how when she first moved to New York, she thought Rent Parties were a disgrace. However, once her husband left her, and she had to pay rent all by herself, she started hosting rent parties. This fits in to what I've been studying, because there were not many opportunities back then, to earn enough money to live off of. Desperate times, called for desperate measures in her case because even though she thought the rent parties were a disgrace, she had to put her opinion aside, and do what was best for her, economically. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/bernice.html) Mrs. Mayme Reese, is a housewife. She was one of the many women who were housewife's because women we'rent really expected to work. They were expected to clean the house, take care of the children, and prepare food for the family. In her spare time, she attended quilting parties, at least twice a year. Mrs. Mayme Reese represents the time and part of the country I am studying, because like most women during this time period, she was a housewife. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/mayme.html) The last interviewee, named Mrs. Marie Haggerty, who was a maid, told her story. She says that you were hired as a maid by your looks, and if you looked honest they would still test you out. This relates to what I'm studying, because she states how one time when she was making a bed, she spotted a five dollar bill right beside the bed. She didn't know what to do with it, and her face started burning like fire, because she knew she was getting tested. This confirms that not everyone was to be trusted back then, because not everyone is trustworthy, so they had to be tested. Not everyone was fond of each other. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/marie.html)
Part 3B -
I read two oral histories on Sallie Smith Bell, and Jesse Owens. Sallie Smith Bell was a fashion model for Marshall Fields, as well as a radio star in the 1930's. She was 93 years old when she died, in the year 2007. There was no specific place of the interview, due to the fact, that she is dead. On May 15th, 2007 is when the interview was posted on The Chicago Tribune. Also, Patricia Trebe wrote the tribute article on Sallie Smith Bell. An African-American male named Jesse Owens, was another person I read about. He is an olympic winner, because of his outstanding capability of running. The interview with Jesse took place in Macon County, Alabama. The interview occured on April 22nd, 1939. Rhussus L. Perry interviewed Jesse Owens.